---
title: Context Provider
description: Context Provider to populate child components
---

If you need to use the IdleTimer API in child components, you may want to
consider using the Context Provider. Rather than prop drilling through your 
App's hierarchy, you can use the `IdleTimerProvider` to add the API as context 
to child components.

## Import

```ts
import { 
  IdleTimerProvider, 
  IdleTimerConsumer, 
  IIdleTimerContext, 
  IdleTimerContext,
  useIdleTimerContext
} from 'react-idle-timer'
```

## Usage

### Functional Components

For functional components, you will be using the `IdleTimerProvider` component
and the `useIdleTimerContext` hook. 

```jsx
import { IdleTimerProvider, useIdleTimerContext } from 'react-idle-timer'

export function Child () {
  const idleTimer = useIdleTimerContext()
  return (
    <h1>{idleTimer.isIdle()}</h1>
  )
}

export function App () {
  const onPresenceChange = (presence) => {
    // Handle state changes in one function
  }

  const onPrompt = () => {
    // Fire a Modal Prompt
  }

  const onIdle = () => {
    // Close Modal Prompt
    // Do some idle action like log out your user
  }

  const onActive = (event) => {
    // Close Modal Prompt
    // Do some active action
  }

  const onAction = (event) => {
    // Do something when a user triggers a watched event
  }

  return (
    <IdleTimerProvider
      timeout={1000 * 60}
      onPresenceChange={onPresenceChange}
      onPrompt={onPrompt}
      onIdle={onIdle} 
      onActive={onActive}
      onAction={onAction}
    >
      <Child />
    </IdleTimerProvider>
  )
}
```

### Class Components

For class components, you have a few options depending on where you are using the
API. If you only need to use the API within your `render` method, you can use 
the `IdleTimerConsumer`.

```jsx
import { Component } from 'react'
import { IdleTimerProvider, IdleTimerConsumer } from 'react-idle-timer'

export class Child extends Component {
  render () {
    return (
      <IdleTimerConsumer>
        {idleTimer => (
          <h1>{idleTimer.isIdle()}</h1>
        )}
      </IdleTimerConsumer>
    )
  }
}

export class App extends Component {
  onPresenceChange (presence) {
    // Handle state changes in one function
  }

  onPrompt () {
    // Fire a Modal Prompt
  }

  onIdle () {
    // Close Modal Prompt
    // Do some idle action like log out your user
  }

  onActive (event) {
    // Close Modal Prompt
    // Do some active action
  }

  onAction (event) {
    // Do something when a user triggers a watched event
  }

  render () {
    return (
      <IdleTimerProvider
        timeout={1000 * 60}
        onPresenceChange={this.onPresenceChange}
        onPrompt={this.onPrompt}
        onIdle={this.onIdle} 
        onActive={this.onActive}
        onAction={this.onAction}
      >
      <Child />
    </IdleTimerProvider>
    )
  }
}
```

If you need to consume the IdleTimer API outside of jsx, you can set the
`contextType` on the consuming class. 

```jsx
import { Component } from 'react'
import {
  IdleTimerContext,
  IdleTimerProvider
} from 'react-idle-timer'

export class Child extends Component {
  // Set the context type to the IdleTimerContext
  // The IIdleTimer interface will be available on this.context
  static contextType = IdleTimerContext
  
  render () {
    return (
      <h1>{this.context.isIdle()}</h1>
    )
  }
}

export class App extends Component {
  onPresenceChange (presence) {
    // Handle state changes in one function
  }

  onPrompt () {
    // Fire a Modal Prompt
  }

  onIdle () {
    // Close Modal Prompt
    // Do some idle action like log out your user
  }

  onActive (event) {
    // Close Modal Prompt
    // Do some active action
  }

  onAction (event) {
    // Do something when a user triggers a watched event
  }

  render () {
    return (
      <IdleTimerProvider
        timeout={1000 * 60 * 30}
        onPresenceChange={this.onPresenceChange}
        onPrompt={this.onPrompt}
        onIdle={this.onIdle} 
        onActive={this.onActive}
        onAction={this.onAction}
      >
        <Child />
      </IdleTimerProvider>
    )
  }
}
```

To preserve types for your component's context, declare the type for the 
component's context property.

```tsx
import { Component, ContextType } from 'react'
import { IIdleTimerContext, IdleTimerContext } from 'react-idle-timer'

export class Child extends Component<{}, {}> {
  // Set the context type to the IdleTimerContext
  // The IIdleTimer interface will be available on this.context
  static contextType = IdleTimerContext

  // Declare a type for context to preserve typescript types
  context!: ContextType<typeof IIdleTimerContext>
  
  render () {
    return (
      <h1>{this.context.isIdle()}</h1>
    )
  }
}
```

## Examples

<Flex direction='column' mt={8}>
  <CodeSandboxButton name='functional-context-provider-jz4y77'>Functional Context Provider</CodeSandboxButton>
  <CodeSandboxButton name='class-context-provider-mfujuj'>Class Context Provider</CodeSandboxButton>
</Flex>